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Did some quick posing today. Front double is one of my two weakest poses along with front lat spread. It shows why I consider my arms as one of the body parts I need to improve greatly. I have some long arms and I need thickness in that area. My triceps are doing great, I can see it in the back double. I have found my bread and butter exercise for triceps in the dumbbell skull crusher (single arm.)
My biceps are yet to fulfill muscle memory. In comparison to my tricep training, I can see clear markers as to why my biceps are not going as well. My bread and butter bicep exercises are the classic straight bar curl and a hammer curl, I'm at about the max weight I used to use when I regularly trained for both. I am content with that as I have crisper form, better contraction and I am lighter then I was back in my regular training days. The issue I've had with my bicep training is I've found my ability to progress has been a bit stagnant in the past month. For one, my biceps have been incredibly tight and it has me cautious on straight bar curls (last thing I need is a bicep tear.) I spent almost two hours foam rolling and stretching on my day off yesterday and will start implementing some bicep mobility work along with some self care towards my knees prior to each training session. I suspect my tendon and muscle in the biceps area is taxed as I have spent a ton of time caring and raising my two year old daughter and lugging her around has put a lot of stress on the muscle.
Overall I am not too worried about my bicep training in comparison to my tricep training as I prioritize triceps for obvious reasons. I also feel the triceps may have a much higher ceiling in terms of what I can do with them in training compared to biceps.
I am considering a two week "mini" cut (I dislike the common buzz word terms thrown around but, it will be exactly that.) I am going on a short 4-5 day vacation where training wont really be accessible and I'm ok with that. I have been working hard in the gym and a four day rest will do me wonders. It will also suit me to be in a caloric deficit and keep eating simple while I am away. The thought is to start a pretty aggressive deficit tomorrow and maintain that diet for two weeks. Being that I have not put on much fat at all since I started pushing calories and have filled out in the areas I desired, I know my metabolism is working well. I am confident I can shed a great deal of the body fat on me in two weeks and I can then slowly add in calories without putting much back on. This process from March (my beginning of training) is truly a recomp.
I will update and elaborate further on my decision to mini cut along with my weekly update tomorrow.
My biceps are yet to fulfill muscle memory. In comparison to my tricep training, I can see clear markers as to why my biceps are not going as well. My bread and butter bicep exercises are the classic straight bar curl and a hammer curl, I'm at about the max weight I used to use when I regularly trained for both. I am content with that as I have crisper form, better contraction and I am lighter then I was back in my regular training days. The issue I've had with my bicep training is I've found my ability to progress has been a bit stagnant in the past month. For one, my biceps have been incredibly tight and it has me cautious on straight bar curls (last thing I need is a bicep tear.) I spent almost two hours foam rolling and stretching on my day off yesterday and will start implementing some bicep mobility work along with some self care towards my knees prior to each training session. I suspect my tendon and muscle in the biceps area is taxed as I have spent a ton of time caring and raising my two year old daughter and lugging her around has put a lot of stress on the muscle.
Overall I am not too worried about my bicep training in comparison to my tricep training as I prioritize triceps for obvious reasons. I also feel the triceps may have a much higher ceiling in terms of what I can do with them in training compared to biceps.
I am considering a two week "mini" cut (I dislike the common buzz word terms thrown around but, it will be exactly that.) I am going on a short 4-5 day vacation where training wont really be accessible and I'm ok with that. I have been working hard in the gym and a four day rest will do me wonders. It will also suit me to be in a caloric deficit and keep eating simple while I am away. The thought is to start a pretty aggressive deficit tomorrow and maintain that diet for two weeks. Being that I have not put on much fat at all since I started pushing calories and have filled out in the areas I desired, I know my metabolism is working well. I am confident I can shed a great deal of the body fat on me in two weeks and I can then slowly add in calories without putting much back on. This process from March (my beginning of training) is truly a recomp.
I will update and elaborate further on my decision to mini cut along with my weekly update tomorrow.